I don't know what it is, maybe the waning summer months, maybe the respective sports teams aren't doing well, maybe everyone just wants to argue - but this crap is getting old!

What are there, like 5 or 6 Glock battle threads that are at the top of the list every time you log in?

Enough already!

You guys arguing is doing nothing to further either side, but you are bringing a tremendous amount of negativity to my beloved forum every day.

So, how about we try to be part of a solution instead?

Obviously there is no consensus, so I propose you guys set forth in an effort to contribute to making the FTF Glock, the Excalibur of All Glocks.

A few notes about this thread:

· Anyone posting photoshopped images or stupid BS homeboy sights ( and I am talking to you Tango & Shihan and the rest of you clowns ) is going to get you booted out of this thread, I kid you not. · Anyone posting that the new Glock just needs to look like a 1911 or an XD, this goes for you as well, instant boot from the thread and you lose your contributing privledges. · This goes for you Glock fans who are going to post that "X" military or police uses it "as-is" and that it's perfect. Obviously it's not perfect, or there wouldn't be a need to have all these damn discussions. · Oh, and before we get into the “uneducated masses” speech again, most of the members here have A TON of firearms, reloading and shooting experience under their belts. We have Glock armorers, we have gunsmiths, former operators, Active & Retired LEO/Military, competition shooters, not to mention engineers and metalsmiths. This group ISN’T lacking education in any sense of the word and to imply so because they don’t agree with you is just plain arrogant.

Of course, we have to take a stance that is neither fan nor hater to start the project, so as such, I propose that we stick to what is commonly referred to as “a problem” with the platform.

· If you can’t agree that there are reasons the weapon hasn’t been openly adopted by everyone and feel that there are no problems with the platform, than this probably isn’t the thread for you.· We have to accept that some criticism is warranted, while some is just flat out hater driven dribble. We need to be able to discuss this and we have to be able to show facts that are in common knowledge. · No one here wants to hear about a guy you used to shoot with, who’s brother has a Glock that ran 20,000 rounds and never had to be cleaned. Do you have a picture? No? Then leave that part out. If you have the weapon, great, but no outrageous claims that can’t be substaniated. · In addition, no one wants to hear about the time a friend of yours was at the range and a guy three booths down put his first reload into a brand new Glock and the thing blew up killing 2 and injuring seven other shooters and the range dog. You have pictures and a news story link, great, let’s see it. Otherwise, keep the BS out.

OUR GOAL:

This is a new breed of Glock: We are going to take a look at the "negatives", or “perceived negatives” and we are going to discuss them, pros & cons, just like a real R&D Team, but one working on producing the weapon that will answer the haters and still keep the fans happy.

In our attempt to build our FTF Edition, I would ask that we keep this in the REAL world, with real products. While I am not going to rush out and fund the first FTF Edition Glock, this thread might be used for someone doing research on building up their own. As such, please post links to products that are real and being sold to civilians. Cool?

We can’t go creating some $2000-$2500 custom Glock. Anyone spending that kind of money is probably going to be looking at custom guns and not getting a factory gun and changing a part or two.

First up we must discuss the ergonomics. Much of what is initially said in these threads is that the weapon doesn’t “feel right” or “fit” the poster’s hand. Having shot several over the years, and having larger hands, I can say that I don’t have a problem dropping the magazine, but I do have a problem with the pistol grip being larger at the bottom than at the top.

Now, since the bore axis is slightly lower and out of 'normal' alingment than is seen on other pistols, this isn’t considered a common trend in handguns that are sold in the US. As such, this makes the Glock more unique and can be expressed as “not right” because most people/shooters have shot other weapons in their past and have a certain expectation of how it “should feel”. *see graphic below*

Now, those that love the platform can say “get used to it” or “it fits me just fine” and the haters can say “it’s all wrong” and it “makes no sense” – but suffice to say, it’s plain different and if the weapon doesn’t feel right, people aren’t going to practice with it, making them a liability more than an asset to you and yours should the need arise. Agreed?

So, how do we handle ergonomics on the pistol to make it more “across the board” user friendly?

JD, I applaud your logic but when it comes to certain guns it seems as though emotions rule the day. I'll give you the concrete areas where Glock could make changes and maybe, just maybe convince me to try one again:

1. Change the grip angle to something like every other pistol.

2. Remove or change the spacing on those @#$% finger grooves. As they are, they force my middle finger to crush against the trigger guard which is very uncomfortable.

3. Make the grip on larger caliber Glocks (G21, .45 primarily) feel less like a chunk of 2x4. I've had 2 G21s and I tried to like them as they are cheap to own and easy to maintain - they just feel TERRIBLE in my hand.

4. Get rid of that damn "Glock Perfection" marketing hype. It ain't true and makes people into fanboys...

Well NGIB, I was trying to create a thread where the two sides could come together and perhaps try to find a middle of the road where the pistol would be better for it and we wouldn't have to fight about it all the damn time.

Seriously, isn't anyone getting tired of fighting with ourselves?

As for your grip concerns Dave, have you seen these changes that are available from Robar? They will even add a beavertail for slide bite for us big handed folks.

From what I am supposed to understand from listening to much more educated people than me the lower bore axis of the Glock is supposed to make up for that bit of space on top of the grip. Though other striker fired weapons (as shown in your example) bring things in line a bit differently. The palm swell difference to aid in gripping with smaller hands. In my Glock experience I didn't see any benefit from the bore axis and my hands are not small enough to see any benefit from it's current design. My wife at the time with smaller hands deemed to like the Glock OK but did say she liked some other pistols I had better. Most of which are single stack weapons.

It seems to be that the "haters" will come back more to the over all look of the weapon rather than it's function. There is no denying the platform works. It was designed as a proper working tool and it fills that need very well. A hammer is not pretty. But it was not made to be. In this mind set the only real drawback if it can be seen as one would be how the Glock platform is the width of the grip that allows for the larger capacities. Shooters with smaller hands will not get the good fit they might find in other weapons that have smaller load capacities. Same reason some Para Ord fiends will not like the Tac Four. It's too wide for some people.

Grip angle is a plus for some but not others. Many will tell you that it is not near as natural pointing as it should be. But We'll hold on that till we get through the parts discussed in the OP thread.

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Well guys, if you look at the laundry list of complaints that people file about the platform, it runs like a champ isn't one of them.

Even haters can't deny the damn thing goes boom. If that happening means one of my forum brothers, or sisters, gets to come home to their family at the end of a shift, or a trip to the store in this economy, I would GLADLY endorse it in my sigline because it was proven worth it.

What we do have is a small list of concerns that can be broken down into a very few basic "problems" that has caused an extreme amount of hate.

Now, without argument, one of those is Glock Perfection and Fanboy Syndrome. We can't change that. We are stuck with what that is.

What we can do, as Intelligent, Thinking Members of FTF - THE GREATEST FIREARMS FORUM out there, is work on a solution that will speak to 80% of folks out there.